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Harry Metske closed JSPWIKI-1051. --------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Fixed in 2.10.3-git-33 > Startup fails due to jspwiki.log (Permission denied) > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Key: JSPWIKI-1051 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSPWIKI-1051 > Project: JSPWiki > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.10.2 > Environment: Ubuntu 16.04, Tomcat8 (system instance) > Reporter: Maik Scheibler > Assignee: Harry Metske > Attachments: JSPWIKI_1051.patch > > > When i follwow the [installation > instructions|https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=Getting%20Started#section-Getting+Started-Installation] > the JSPWiki webapp fails to start. > {noformat} > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger > (org.apache.wiki.util.PropertyReader). > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more > info. > log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed. > java.io.FileNotFoundException: jspwiki.log (Permission denied) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(FileOutputStream.java:270) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:133) > at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:294) > at > org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.setFile(RollingFileAppender.java:207) > at > org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:165) > at > org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:307) > at > org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:172) > at > org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:104) > at > org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:842) > at > org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:768) > at > org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:648) > at > org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:514) > at > org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configure(PropertyConfigurator.java:440) > at org.apache.wiki.WikiEngine.initialize(WikiEngine.java:464) > at org.apache.wiki.WikiEngine.<init>(WikiEngine.java:430) > at org.apache.wiki.WikiEngine.getInstance(WikiEngine.java:370) > at > org.apache.wiki.ui.WikiServletFilter.init(WikiServletFilter.java:82) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.initFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:279) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:260) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:105) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4660) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5281) > at > org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:939) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1812) > at > java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > {noformat} > The current dir of the tomcat is {{/var/lib/tomcat8}}. This directory belongs > to root and the tomcat user has no write permission. > I would prefer to have a fallback for this situation, eg. initializing log4j > with a simple console appender. So the webapp could startup and the log will > be catched by tomcat. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)